In the Maersk Alabama hijacking, the seals took three shots at once, killing all three pirates simultaneously. I was watching the reproduction and I remember the analyst naming a specific term.
What is the word for that particular action?
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Sign up to join this communityIn the Maersk Alabama hijacking, the seals took three shots at once, killing all three pirates simultaneously. I was watching the reproduction and I remember the analyst naming a specific term.
What is the word for that particular action?
In this video, the words simultaneous and synchronized shots are used. However, I believe the correct term is Simultaneous Engagement, as seen here quoted from the book Advanced Sniper Markmanship, which I believe was written by an instructor in this field.
Simultaneous Engagements
In certain situations, it's useful for several snipers to simultaneously engage the same target or multiple targets...
Perhaps it was time on target, defined by Merriam Webster as
A concentration of artillery fire on a target in which the time of firing by each unit participating is so regulated that all the projectiles reach the target simultaneously
A sniper's shot that kills more than one target is called a Quigley.
The term comes from the 1990 film Quigley Down Under, in which the eponymous character dispatches multiple opponents with a single shot